Applied Chemistry, Vol.8, No.1, 45-48, May, 2004
Catalytic Activity of a Series of Multi-metal Cyanide(MMC) for the Copolymerization of Cyclohexene Oxide and Carbon Dioxide
Heterogeneous Multi metal cyanide (MMC) catalysts were prepared by using K3Co(CN)6, K3Fe(CN)6 and ZnCl2, together with tertiary butyl alcohol and polytetramethylene ether glycol as complexing reagents. DMC and MMC catalysts characterized by various spectroscopic methods were utilized for the copolymerization of cyclohexene oxide and CO2. The catalysts showed high activity to yield copolymers of narrow polydispersity and moderate molecular weight.